The slowest speed at which a vessel steers.

To stow or secure in a safe place. A top-mast is housed by lowering it and securing it to a lowermast.

Steps in the compression of a gas, In reciprocating compressors, each stage usually requires a separate cylinder, in dynamic compressors, each requires a separate rotor disc.

A tube inside a domestic water heater that distributes the cold water from the cold water supply line into the lower area of the water heater where heating occurs.

A law to protect consumers and investors. It placed geographic restrictions on mergers and limitations on diversification into non-utility lines of business and takeovers of electric and gas utilities, and also established regulated monopoly markets or se ...

The annual dividend income per share received from a company divided by its current share price..

Any system, usually block & tackle or hydraulic, used to hold the boom down. This is useful for maintaining proper sail shape by exerting a downward pull on the boom, particularly when running or on a broad reach.

A moveable or fixed heater used to heat individual rooms.

Contraction for pilot balloon observation.

Snow gauge composed of a metal cylinder, closed at one end, used to obtain a sample of snow from which the water is measured after melting.

The act of calling for freight by truck at the consignor's shipping platform.

A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jib; the sail set from the foremast on a schooner; the lowest square sail on the foremast of Square Riggers.

The total pressure minus the static pressure in an air or gas stream.

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The rotating element of a machine and, in the case of a compressor, is composed of the impeller (impellers) and shaft, and may include shaft sleeves and a thrust balancing device.

An office, represented in most towns in the UK, where the public can obtain free advice on an.

Operation mode of a communication circuit in which one end can only transmit and the other end can only receive.

The swell of a ship's hull around the propeller shaft.

Nickname for a dinghy

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.